Land clearing, excavation, cut and fill, wet and dry utilities, roadway, concrete flatwork and asphalt paving.
Earthwork carries the largest single-line risk on most projects, because a volume error compounds through haul, disposal and import.
Cut and fill volumes are calculated with swell and shrinkage by material type. Haul is its own line against a stated disposal distance. If the geotech suggests unsuitable material, it goes on the exclusions list rather than quietly into a unit rate.
Swell and shrink ignored, haul distance assumed, unsuitable material absorbed into the excavation rate, and dewatering missed on high-water-table sites.
Each one has its own page covering how that trade is measured, the units it is measured in, and the errors we look for.
Anonymised: no client names, project numbers or drawing extracts. Each card states what was measured and how the deliverable was structured.
Corridor improvement takeoff covering roadway sections, subgrade preparation, base course, asphalt tonnage, curbing, drainage structures and striping, measured section by section.
Site-wide power distribution covering underground duct bank, feeders, transformer pads, site lighting and terminations, with conduit and conductor split by run for direct comparison against vendor quotes.
Clearing, grubbing and mass earthwork for an excavation contractor, with volumes calculated using swell and shrink by material type and haul priced against a stated disposal distance.
It is flagged from the geotech report as either a quantified line or a written exclusion. It is never silently absorbed into an excavation rate, because that turns a known risk into a hidden one.
Yes, as its own line against a stated disposal distance. Keeping it separate means the assumption most likely to change can be repriced without touching the excavation quantities.
Yes, and they are a large part of the sitework work we do. Single-trade earthwork packages are often the fastest way to start.
A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope statement, usually back the same working day.
Fixed project fees · Written scope before work starts · Unlimited revisions within scope
